In response to Osaka Prefecture's request to the government to issue a state of emergency as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato and Prime Minister Kan on the 20th, if requested by Osaka Prefecture, to the LDP executives. He said that the relevant ministers would discuss the response.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on the morning of the 20th, after Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture announced on the 19th that he would request the government to issue a state of emergency in response to the rapid spread of the infection. We had a meeting with Mr. Moriyama, the chairman of the National Assembly, and Mr. Hayashi, the deputy secretary general.
In this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said that if requested by Osaka Prefecture, Prime Minister Suga, Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura and other related ministers will discuss the response on the 20th. I did.
Regarding the handling of declarations, the government will assess the condition of beds, etc., considering that the incidental resolution of the Special Measures Law revised in February states that it will respect the situation as much as possible when requested by the governor. Our policy is to determine if a third declaration is required.